Values in Action Inventory of Strengths.

VIA-IS

What it measures

24 character strengths organised under 6 core virtues (Wisdom, Courage, Humanity, Justice, Temperance, Transcendence) - e.g. curiosity, perspective, bravery, kindness, fairness, self-regulation, gratitude, hope, humour, spirituality.

Length and format

240 (VIA-IS full, 10 per strength); 120 (VIA-IS-R / VIA-120 revised); 96-item revised; 72-item brief. 5-pt Likert (very much unlike me - very much like me) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Translated into 40+ languages incl. ES, DE, FR, IT, ZH, JA, KO, PT, AR, RU and many more

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - commercial

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Reference

Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification. Oxford University Press / Washington, DC: APA.